Gardenwise Singapore Botanic Gardens - 39, 2012

Contents:
Articles:
02 The passing of Lady Yuen-Peng McNeice
06 Haji Sidek bin Kiah
07 Uncovering the history of the Bendstand
09 Paths Less Travelled - Surprising Finds in the Cameron Highlands
14 Plant (and animal) hunting at a watershed area in East Kalimantan
18 The Limestone flora of Sumatra

Regular Features:
01 Message from the Director
Around the Gardens
22 A Bloom for the Singapore Botanic Gardens
23 Elephant Parade
24 Singapore Botanic Garden Volunteers Appreciation Tea 2012
25 Ancient Giant falls at SBG
New and Exciting
27 New in the Library Shop
Ginger and its Allies
29 New? New! Newmania...the ginger surprise from Vietnam
Research Fellows
32 Botanic research fellows in the Gardens: 2011-2012
What’s Blooming
34 Nonis, Forbidden Fruits and Fish-Killers...
From Education Outreach
38 Storytime in the Gardens - Outreach to our Young Visitors
Beyond the Gardens
39 Southeast Asia Botanic Gardens (SEABG) Network Staff Exchange Programme
Key Visitors to the Garden
41 January - June 2012
From the Archives
Back Cover: Illustrations of Australian Plants
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Gardenwise Singapore Botanic Gardens - 38, 2012

Contents:

Articles

20th World Orchid Conference in Singapore
The precocious flowering of Arundina ‘Singapore Botanic
Gardens’, the world’s only Arundina hybrid
Resolving a century-old mystery: the parentage of Vanda
Miss Joaquim, Singapore’s national flower
Corybas orchids, elusive and enigmatic botanical gems 14 Joe Arditti’s collection of orchid literature comes toSingapore; A renowned orchidologist’s research collection of papers is now with the Singapore Botanic Gardens
Night encounters with bioluminescent mushrooms
Heritage of the Tan Phu forest
Rudraksha: the bead tree of India and related species

Regular Features:
Message from the Director
Launch of the Healing Garden
Rare books exhibition by the Makino Botanical Garden
Trees of the World
Forests, People, Environment Exhibition
Once upon a lunch...land planarians
Matchmaking palms-double coconuts find love across the seas
New and Exciting
New in the library shop
Ginger and its Allies
Kaempferia candida: Curcuma in brilliant disguise
From Taxonomy Corner
Typical
What’s Blooming
Healing floras that enhance beauty and health
Staff Publications
Publications by garden staff in 2011
From Education Outreach
Outreach to educators
Beyond the Gardens
15th Flora of Thailand Meeting
2nd Red Listing Workshop on Threatened Plants from
Indochina
Key Visitors to the Garden
July-December 2011
From the Archives
Back cover Reichenbachia: orchids illustrated and described


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